| The Stonemans: An Appalachian Family and the Music That Shaped Their Lives Contributor(s): Tribe, Ivan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252063082 ISBN-13: 9780252063084 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: The Stonemans is an eye-opening slice of American-a trip through nearly seventy years of country music history following a single family from their native Blue Ridge Mountains to the slums of Washington, D.C., and the glitter Nashville. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92-22232 |
| Series: Music in American Life |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.05" W x 8.99" (1.25 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Stonemans is an eye-opening slice of Americana---a trip through nearly twenty years of country music history following a single family from their native Blue Ridge Mountains to the slums of Washington, D.C., and the glitter of Nashville. As early as 1924 Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman realized the potential of what is now known as country music, and he tried to carve a career from it. Successful as a recording artist from 1925 through 1929, Stoneman foundered during the Great Depression. He, his wife, and their nine children went to Washington in 1932, struggling through a decade of hardship and working to revive the musical career Pop still believed in. The Stoneman Family won the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year Award in 1967. After Pop's death a year later, some of the children scattered to pursue their own careers. Ivan Tribe relies on extensive interviews with the Stonemans and their friends in this chronicle of a family whose members have clung to their musical heritage through good times and bad. |